Azana - Ingoma

i can dig that; i am deeply privileged in better days to be able to listen to music more or less all day while i work and somewhat less privileged in post-covid days in that i can listen to music more or less all day while i am out of work.

ulysses, i'm going to say this politely one more time. i have no interest in interacting with you at all on this website and i'd really appreciate it if you would any mention of me out of your posts from here on out. thanks in advance.

would leave

oh, now i remember, you're kind of a jerk. i had forgotten. try killfiling me.

for the record, you're the one calling me names. i'm just requesting that you not include me in your posts as you have misrepresented me more than once.

http://i.redd.it/jf37w5kdf4f01.jpg

wow. really mature. i guess one of us hasn't really left his noise board persona behind.

damn forks, that was really totally uncalled for. I was gonna tell map that I personally don’t know about where to get those kinds of files, but that maybe dog latin or longneck would know since they both dj out (or used to at least, in longneck’s case)

ftr i've bought the azana album on itunes and love it. i'd just really like lossless versions if i can find them at some point. it makes a difference in dj mixes. i've done a lot of searching around but i don't think they're out there.

Ulysses, I just don't have the time, because my work often requires me to truly hone in on texts, and sadly, I haven't developed the ability to do so while listening to the latest gqom banger.

Ulysses, I just don't have the time, because my work often requires me to truly hone in on texts, and sadly, I haven't developed the ability to do so while listening to the latest gqom banger.

FWIW I would also love to get CDs of Azana, Simmy, et al. I’m less bothered by the naija stuff though glad to have African Giant on physical media

Likewise. Would also welcome a poll or list of the essentials of the year from those who've had the time, but that's asking people to do work for me, which feels unfair.

The Azana is glorious, was on my blastbox while cycling to my uni library today. Made the empty campus feel a little less weird, and a student asked me what it was and I told them!

lol table, guess I could ask a mod to re-open voting especially for you:

url=🇳🇬 NAIJA SPECIAL: which of these *seven* current high-profile Nigerian hit songs is the best one? please help me decide]🇳🇬 NAIJA SPECIAL: which of these *seven* current high-profile Nigerian hit songs is the best one? please help me decide[/url]

ftr i've bought the azana album on itunes and love it. i'd just really like lossless versions if i can find them at some point. it makes a difference in dj mixes. i've done a lot of searching around but i don't think they're out there.

7digital has lossless and the azana album at least is there

This is that kind of album that as I'm hearing it I can only feel it's the best album ever

7digital has lossless and the azana album at least is there

― dbs, Wednesday, September 16, 2020 10:57 AM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

thank you!!

with regards to audio, I tend to find most afrobeats stuff etc is available to buy via Google Play for about a quid a track. I end up spending a lot of money each month thinking 'Well it's only 99p' before realising I've bought 30 songs. it's 320kbps which I find is just fine for my needs

c+p'd from the Jessie Ware thread:

hey yall who invoked Azana, thanx so much! Just now listed, then commented & linked to Frank Kogan, who had sent South African picks:

Here's a good -sounding playlist, all from her currrent album, Ingoma, I think--might seem a bit ballad-y at first, but mostly of a smooth pulsation, luxury class but never wasteful---or wasted, alas; I wouldn't something a little less reasonable, but she's as good, as that gets. Relatively mainstream "Your Love" is even a fave---first single, and I totally get that, ditto the plainer version of "Goodbye," but most faves make more overt use of "ethnic" elements, like the other version of "Goodbye," feat. Just Bheki and Afriikan Papi, and another fave, "Uthando Lwangemela" (that might be my No.1), also "Sikelela", with 0 guests listed. Ditto the mystique of "Egoli," with clipped accents drawing catchy verses around the sidewalk, then chorus stretching some syllables toward dreamtime--here's the playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgV3lUftsRbYnDhoIIwZoqvIfFN4gOYkF
And one of several not on the list, v. catchy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCml8NfC8I
There's also a live at the Redbox set, where she performs the whole album, apparently, haven;t listened to that yet (several African artists with vids from the Redbox, I see) (Oh also on the list: "Lovers and Best Friends," feat. Disciples of House.)

Somebody in YT comments said, like, "If she were Anita Baker or Sade, people would be raving." Yeah she's in there between them, vibe-wise, also found/from her own nexus.

― dow, donderdag 5 november 2020 23:18

i guess i never posted it here but i've been introducing Azama to friends with a "RIYL Anita Baker" note

that makes sense to me, listening to this now has got me like "whew, this album is really something else"

it might be my fave album of the year, it's certainly in the mix

Totally fucking up my lists! Ballots are coming sooon!

This year is an overload of goodness and badness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But you knew that.

one of my favorite tracks from the album now has a really nice, joyful video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzO_cCrdsOQ

definitely one of my faves too, I tend to play it together with “Askies (I’m Sorry)”

This record continues to be exactly what I need at any conceivable moment. Just brilliant, beautiful work.

It's nearly 70 degrees here in Philly today, and I am blasting this record while I work, this one is particularly lovely atm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSP5Tqlssw8

"Your Love" was my favorite find from the ilx 2020 tracks playlist. Great Sade vibes, I'll check the album soon

First new track from her that i've heard all year and it is lovely if not especially rocking. hidden on an "African Lullabies" compilation album and on streaming services now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYnPY_9otRk

v nice

New single, "Zalabantu", from a new album IGAGU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDGu_dPXrM

thanks for the heads up!

not blown away by this track, but curious about the new album.

I like this recent uptempo track she did with Punk Mbedzi, which also features Vanco: “Sabela”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTcpvzVrU-w

IGAGU came out last month, which is something I only learned yesterday (I blame the brokenness of algorithms and my own failure to keep up with African pop of late). The first three tracks are a bit of a slog, but it picks up with "Never The Same". A pity there are no Sun-EL contributions.